What's true and what's 'fake news'? Developing media literacy skills is critical
National News Literacy Week kicked off Monday. Especially for youth, critical thinking skills to analyze what's read, seen ...
The Straits Times19d
Why Meta’s fact-checking retreat can hit some communities harder
Meta’s abrupt decision to end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States signals a disturbing retreat from responsibility, dressed up as a shift towards “community-driven ...
Tennessean20d
FDA bans red dye No. 3 far too late and after officials knew it was dangerous | Opinion
“has a long way to go to reform the broken system that allowed Red 3 to remain in foods decades after it was shown to cause cancer when eaten by animals.” Andrea Williams is an opinion ...
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Alone in a Trumpian world: The EU and global public opinion after the US elections
Average American opinion of Russia has also improved ... In India, rural areas and tier-3 cities were not covered. And in Russia, only cities of at least 100,000 inhabitants were covered. Therefore, ...
The Daily Signal21d
Fact-Checking 3 Claims in Biden’s Farewell Address
He also said that “social media is giving up on fact-checking,” and that Americans are being inundated with misinformation. Here is a fact check of some of Biden’s factual claims in his speech.
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Opinion: Meta's fact-checker cut has sparked controversy, but the real threat is AI and neurotechnology
The same tools that power helpful innovations can also be weaponized to produce sophisticated disinformation campaigns or manipulate public opinion. Neurotechnology is a tool that reads and interacts ...
Wall Street Journal21d
Facebook, ‘Fact Checking’ and Free Speech
Review and Outlook: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan address the company’s decision to abandon its censorship regime, by walking back most of the platform ...
The Hill22d
Meta killed outside fact-checking solely to placate Donald Trump
Meta last week announced the end of its third-party fact-checking program with a lot of talk about promoting free speech, ending censorship and getting back to its roots. Don’t be fooled.
The Hill22d
Meta’s fact-checking changes stoke disinformation concerns
“A crowdsourced fact-checking solution is only as effective as the platform, owners and developers behind it,” he said in a Poynter opinion piece. “And it appears Meta is more interested in ...
The Citizen22d
OPINION: It’s time to face the facts about SA teams in Europe
Ox Nche of the Sharks looks to tackle Thibaud Flament of Toulouse during their Champions Cup match on Saturday. Picture: Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images After another underwhelming weekend in ...
The New York Times22d
Meta’s Decision to End Fact-Checking Could Have Disastrous Consequences
Its fact-checkers, Zuckerberg claimed, “have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.” Henceforth the company will be removing fewer posts ...
manilatimes22d
Fact-checked
TIME was when Facebook was virtually a fact-checkers' world. At least for the Philippines, I'm not aware of how they operated in other parts of the world, although based on some news items I have read ...